Source: New York Post
Originally Published by: Hiker who set out in warm spring weather found dead after snowstorm Rescuers free climber trapped beneath 16,000-pound boulder on Oregon's Mount Hood Trump to shrink 2 Utah national monuments by 90% A Utah man hiking with his brother was killed last week after a lightning bolt struck him just steps from the summit of the highest peak in Salt Lake County, authorities said. Craig Nelson, 59, set out Saturday morning with his brother for the summit of the east peak of American Fork Twin Peaks after the pair rode the Snowbird tram partway up the mountain. The brothers had made the hike together several times before, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said during a news conference on Monday.